OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#insurance--The August issue of Best’s Review features the effects from litigation funding on settlement components, as well as a deep dive into an influential insurance podcast:

• “How Litigation Funding Is Affecting Settlement Strategies, Costs” indicates that claims and legal experts are calling for consistent disclosure requirements as the growing practice exhibits a greater impact on the insurance industry.
• “Quest to Become Influencers Leads to Long-Running Insurtech Podcast” interviews the creators and hosts of the FNO: InsureTech Podcast as they speak about their side hustle, which involves interviewing industry leaders on how tech is changing the world of insurance.

Also included in the August issue:

• “Life Insurers Leverage Higher Rates to Drive Annuity Growth” examines whether consumers will rush to surrender older contracts in search of higher income potential, now that bigger returns are available on the simplest of products.
• “Slower Growth, Rising Rates to Further Complicate Debt Management for Latin America Insurers” reviews a recent AM Best report that critics argue would improperly allow the federal government into insurance regulation."
• “NCOIL, Regulators, Captive Industry Urge IRS to Back Off on Proposed Rule” outlines the rising concerns created by proposed IRS regulations that would identify transactions that are the same as, or substantially similar to, microcaptive transactions as transactions of interest.

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